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A video produced by START International highlighting START and Reos Partners’ co-developed capacity strengthening effort on leadership for sustainability with early career West African scientists.

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GLOCULL (Globally and LOCally-sustainable food-water-energy innovation in Urban Living Labs) is an international research consortium consisting of transdisciplinary research teams from universities from seven countries across the world. GLOCULL is a Belmont Forum funded international team of researchers and stakeholders…

Recently, the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), a global network of science, engineering and medical academies, released a statement on climate change and biodiversity: interlinkages and policy options highlighting how policymakers globally can address biodiversity decline and climate change in a coordinated…

START Program Specialist Dr. Mariama Camara was featured as a guest on the Green Growth program of Medi1TV Afrique in Dakar on September 18, as part of ongoing outreach efforts with West African organizations working on environment and renewable energy.…

From the EPIC-Asia Workshop occurring in May, 11 seed grants awarded for projects focusing on sustainability, climate resilience, and adaptation By Marshall Curry On May 25-27, 2021, The Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities – Network (EPIC-N) facilitated a virtual EPIC-Asia…

The Globally and Locally-sustainable food-water-energy innovation in Urban Living Labs (GLOCULL) project is a Belmont Forum funded international team of researchers and stakeholders aiming to develop an Urban Living Lab approach for innovations in the Food-Water-Energy (FWE) nexus that are…

Local governments across the world continue to struggle with the implementation of integrated projects and initiatives across multiple departments and sectors. Siloed working approaches remain a hindrance to coordinated development within city departments as well as with non-government stakeholders, including…

by Kevin Winter, University of Cape Town This is an exciting study that is starting to yield significant results in the use of nature-based processes to treat surface water runoff from an informal settlement and to safely reuse the water…

In May, START partnered with Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities (EPIC) and UNEP’s Global Adaptation Network to deliver a workshop on applying the EPIC approach in Asian cities. The 3-day virtual workshop featured pairs of university faculty and local…